Mike has announced the dates and venue for this years Big Bathcamp – the full on barcamp version not to be confused with its monthly meetups little bruv.

This year the event is taking place at The Bell Inn, Buckland Dinham near Frome. Now this is seriously the back of beyond for those of us who don’t drive but there are plans afoot for some kind of transport from the Bath/Bristol areas if there is enough demand.

The venue offers free wifi and has camping and other facilities and the idea apparently is for an al fresco style event making best use of the unique location. There will also be some BBQ action and live music so all in all it sounds like it should be a fun weekend.

In the interests of full disclosure I should admit that I have already booked into a local B&B (Jukesie don’t camp just like Charlie don’t surf!) and there is a better than fair chance you’ll find me propping up the bar in the Bell for long stretches of the weekend. That said I do have every intention to do a talk this year and have offered to help in anyway I can in the coming weeks.